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Between sky-high costs and hefty student loan debt, more students and their families are questioning the value of a college degree. While about 81% of college-bound juniors and seniors still see college as a worthwhile investment, only 42% of families feel confident about covering the cost, according to a report by Sallie Mae. As a…

When you introduce a new idea to higher education, there is inevitably discussion, debate and discord. This has certainly been true with the notion of “systemness,” which we introduced to SUNY and the higher education sector around a decade ago. In fact, we were delighted to see the term invoked in a Jan. 6 article…

The National Association of System Heads and more than 100 higher education leaders convened this week to launch the Power of Systems—a national initiative that calls on a network of public university systems to address several pressing issues in higher education. The initiative will aim to improve credential completion and social mobility and to reduce…